Having worked with clients in the field of trauma, anxiety, depression, life and relational distress for decades, one of the most transformational interventions has been understanding that our nervous system impacts our well-being.

Our bodies are wonderfully designed with two major purposes: to survive and to attach to others. Both are integrally linked to our nervous systems.

If the nervous system lives consistently in fight or flight mode, our bodies tend toward anxiety and overall distress. Likewise a nervous system stuck in freeze mode would tend towards depression and chronic illnesses. Both of these dysregulated states interfere with attaching well to self and to others, as well as with overall flourishing.

Whilst it is true that talking therapy can, over time, reduce the impact of these issues, we found the time (and expense) needed can be prohibitive.

A medical grade listening therapy, which includes both the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), and the Rest and Restore Protocol (RRP) developed by Dr Stephen Porges, is a specially modulated musical listening programme designed to teach your body how to regulate itself again and thus have increased feelings of well-being, safety and resilience. It learns to reset itself away from either the fight/flight mode or the freeze mode and to feel comfortable again.

This is a well-researched programme, used with army veterans, in schools and other health settings, to restore the body back to feeling safe, often faster than talk therapy alone might do.

Listening therapy is not meant to be a stand-alone product - it is designed to be used in conjunction with therapeutic support. We offer this as a package with therapeutic counselling, but if you would prefer to engage in this programme whilst keeping your own supportive provider, this can be arranged.